Bellator MMA Releases Matt Riddle

These stoners are so unreliable… On Tuesday afternoon, Bellator MMA announced they have cut ties with habitual marijuana smoker Matt Riddle (pictured) just three days before the welterweight was to make his promotional debut.

Riddle was slated to fight Nathan Coy at Bellator 109, but recently notified the promotion he wouldn’t be able to answer the bell.

“Matt was a guy we had high hopes for coming into Bellator,” Bellator director of communications Anthony Mazzuca expressed in a statement. “After Matt suffered his rib injury and withdrew from our tournament, we went back to the drawing board and got Matt another fight on November 22nd.

“Unfortunately, Matt very recently informed us he would not be fighting on November 22nd from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and at that point we decided to release Matt from Bellator. We wish him the best in his future endeavors.”

Bellator didn’t disclose why Riddle withdrew from the bout.

The dazed and confused 27-year-old signed with Bellator in May. Four months later Riddle announced his retirement from MMA, only to unretire shortly after.

Riddle was fired from the UFC in February after flunking two of his last three drug tests with the organization courtesy of marijuana. ”Deep Waters” originally won both of those bouts, but they were subsequently overturned to a no contest after his failed urinalysis came to light.

The wrestler holds a 7-3 (2 NC) professional record. All of his scraps have taken place inside the Octagon after graduating from “The Ultimate Fighter 7″ in June 2008.